11 Facts About Ralph Brinkhaus

Ralph Brinkhaus was born on 15 June 1968 and is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union.

Ralph Brinkhaus holds a degree in Economics and is a qualified tax advisor.

Early in his career, Ralph Brinkhaus worked at Deloitte in Hannover; Babcock Borsig in Oberhausen; as well as at Medion in Essen and Mulheim.

Ralph Brinkhaus was elected member of the city council of Gutersloh in 2004, a position he held until 2012.

Ralph Brinkhaus has been a member of the German Bundestag since the 2009 elections, succeeding Hubert Deittert.

Ralph Brinkhaus has since been serving as the group's deputy chairman.

From 2016 to 2021, Ralph Brinkhaus served as the deputy head of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, under the leadership of chairman Armin Laschet.

Ralph Brinkhaus subsequently led the group with his co-chair from the CSU, Alexander Dobrindt.

Since 2022, Ralph Brinkhaus has been a member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.

In June 2017, Ralph Brinkhaus voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage.

Since 2010, Ralph Brinkhaus has been married to fellow economist and American Express manager Elke Tombach.